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When the trust between the police and the communities they serve breaks down, everyone is at risk.

As New York's chief law enforcement officer, I have taken a hard line against those in state government who abuse the law they have sworn to uphold.

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I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

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Our elected representatives wisely enacted laws to protect our state and local governments from undue outside influence.

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Prosecutors are all used to people who commit fraud making wild accusations when they're caught.

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The right to vote is one of our nation's most important civil rights.

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Throughout my career, I have made rooting out public corruption a top priority.

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That is the definition of equal justice under law: everyone gets a fair shot, everyone pays their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

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From the Bronx to Buffalo, cities and towns in New York have been plagued by what are commonly called zombie properties. These are homes that residents abandon - often after they have received a foreclosure notice - which then languish, uncared-for, until the foreclosure process is complete.

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Obviously, Nevada doesn't prohibit all forms of gambling, but you have to submit yourself to a very rigorous regulatory process to run a gambling operation in Nevada.

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Very few checklist liberals will focus on transformational work if they are rewarded or punished only for their transactional work.

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The memory of the 146 people who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire stands as a reminder that legal protections and workplace safety standards were won through a long struggle for social justice and at great human cost.

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Thieves sell to unscrupulous merchants who pay hundreds of dollars for phones - no questions asked - and then 'jailbreak' them. They unlock the units, erase their data, reprogram them, and put them up for resale.

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Organizing gives workers the power to lift themselves out of poverty and build a better future.

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My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law.

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I am not in the entertainment business; I am in the justice business.

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We've sued out-of-state power plants that are polluting our air and led a coalition of attorneys general from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Massachusetts against efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to remove critical environmental regulations that protect New York communities from toxic pollution.

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You wanna know people are held accountable if they engage in misconduct and that no one is above the law.

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There's nothing wrong with advocating for your own company.

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Gambling is entertainment. People go to casinos to be entertained.

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Trump University had neither a license nor a charter from New York State certifying it as an institution of higher education.

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Morally bankrupt wage practices and laws cannot hold.

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The bottom line is clear: Climate change is a reality, and it is having a real impact.

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No woman should have her personal health care decisions dictated by the religious beliefs of her boss.

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Transactional politics requires us to be pragmatic about current realities and the state of public opinion. It's all about getting the best result possible given the circumstances here and now.

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New Yorkers have been fortunate to have Andrew Cuomo as our Attorney General - protecting working New Yorkers against the banks, insurance companies and big corporations.

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When a donor is asked to contribute to a group whose innocuous-sounding name makes it appear to be doing work in the public interest, that donor should have a clear picture of where his or her money is going.

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We're going after the possibilities of tax fraud, insurance fraud, securities fraud. We're going to look at this stuff very closely. We have the jurisdiction, we have the resources, and we have the will.

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Exxon Mobil and JPMorgan Chase each made more in profits in the first quarter of 2012 alone than the entire state budget of Montana. Without a doubt, multinational corporations like these have the resources to overwhelm the voices of the people.

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We're very interested in seeing what science Exxon has been using for its own purposes because they're tremendously active in offshore oil drilling in the Arctic, for example, where global warming is happening at a much more rapid rate than in more temperate zones.

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As the state's top lawyer, I am empowered to protect nonprofit donors from fraudulent solicitations and charitable assets from misuse.

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Ninety-five percent of the work in the attorney general's office is civil litigation and regulatory work, and I think I certainly have a lot more experience in that than most of the folks who have served in the office.

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In a system that disproportionately harms poor people and people of color, too many Americans have lost faith in the essential American principle of equal justice under law.

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Unlike most traditional, season-long fantasy sports sites, which make most of their money from administrative fees and advertising, FanDuel and DraftKings take a cut of every bet. That is what bookies do, and it is illegal in New York.

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Just as we demand that people take responsibility for their actions, we as a society must take responsibility for fighting injustice.

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Our review concludes that DraftKings'/FanDuel's operations constitute illegal gambling under New York law.

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We must never stop fighting for a vision of American democracy in which we strive for and encourage the highest levels of voter turnout and participation.

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